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He pledged the U.S. would help any nation, it was a policy called the "Truman Doctrine" to help rebuild after the war. This also contributed to the idea of the "Marshall plan" which was sending $13 billion of aid to Europe -
This was a time where China became a communist country, in which it got its own nickname ¨red china¨. -
He was involved with the "red scare" in which he claimed a lot of communist and soviet spies invaded the United States federal government. -
A couple that was accused of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union, In which the information they had, was valuable, ranging from jet engines to nuclear weapon designs. -
A zone between North Korea and South Korea in which peace talks following the Korean war. -
He was a baseball player that was in many good leagues due to the fact that he was very good, he was in an accident later on which left him paralyzed. -
The French struggled to control its colonies, Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four-month siege the French left the region. -
During the Cold War rock and roll came in place, it became a pretty popular genre of music, ¨rock around the clock¨ is also a song. -
Disneyland was an example of pop culture and politics during the Cold War -
Queen Elizabeth ll made an adequate diplomatic change between the UK and the Soviet Union. -
Britain, France, and Israel invaded Europe to control the Suez canal. The Suez Canal is a waterway connecting the Mediterranean sea with the Red sea. -
Before any astronauts went up to space they would launch monkeys to see if it was safe for humans to go to space. -
Four African American students challenged the public school segregation by enrolling in an all-white high school. -
The first artificial satellite that the soviet union launched during the cold war cause more tension in which the U.S. and the Soviet Union were both working on developing new technology. -
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team won the world series. -
It was an incident in where a spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces. -
It was the best method for a family during the cold war. Many states began to legalize the use of contraceptive devices which later the "first pill" was approved. -
It was a failed landing operation that John F. Kennedy sent which exposed Fidel Castros Cuban revolution. -
He was a human rights activist who sought equality and also played a major role in the civil rights movement. -
It was a riot that was fought on campus to prevent the enrollment of an African American student. -
One of the most famous inventions made during the Cold War. -
During this time it was all about segregation, a movement was put in place called the ¨Montgomery Bus Boycott¨. We were also introduced to someone called Martin Luther King Jr, better known as MLK. -
“ayatollah,” was the first religious leader to condemn the shah's program of westernization. -
A festival about "peace and love" and that war wasn't needed, which was the variance of the Vietnam war. -
During this time there was a Crack Epidemic, I guess the only way people could make money is by making others buy their crack in which soon made people want more and more... -
Became the first American female astronaut to go to space. -
This declared that any other political party would be treated as an enemy if they weren't a communist. It led to a hunger strike leaving people hoping they were noticed.